Some of you know that my wife bought me the best Christmas present any guy could ever get. A pair of first-class aircraft seats! First they sat at my parents-in-law’s house for a few weeks while we found time to borrow their truck and go and get them. Then they sat in our garage for a few months while I cleaned them and found out how the electrics work. Then a few more weeks while I worked out how to get them upstairs to the media room.

I settled on an electric winch strapped to the ceiling beam, and a friend to help with the final heave. Of course, the girls helped too.